# Sakanyana Village, Rudraprayag, Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Rudraprayag, Rudraprayag 

# Sakanyana

Sakanyana is a village in Rudraprayag sub-district of Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **255 people in 62 households**, the 108th largest of 284 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 255people (2011)
- 62households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,361females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakanyana

Of every 100 households in Sakanyana in 2011, 98 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 47 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sakanyana · ■ Rudraprayag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****47%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**59%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****69%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sakanyana?

■ Sakanyana · ■ Rudraprayag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1361**

**1187

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**927

Working population ****62.0%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 61.5% for women. 52% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (14%) · **■** Marginal 60 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Rudraprayag

- Chopara264 people
- Kamoldi263 people
- Margaon260 people
- Saury260 people
- Bhat Gaon250 people
- Baman Thapal245 people
- Bhains Gaon245 people
- Sakhrori245 people

[All 302 villages in Rudraprayag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/rudraprayag/rudraprayag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakanyana?255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakanyana in?Rudraprayag district (Rudraprayag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sakanyana?74.4% (Census 2011)